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keywords: ["Archaeology", "Sudan"] keywords: ["Archaeology", "Sudan"]
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1\. Introduction # Introduction
Ancient people used colour in their homes for many of the same reasons Ancient people used colour in their homes for many of the same reasons
as people do today -- to lighten walls, to highlight important areas, to as people do today -- to lighten walls, to highlight important areas, to
@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ the landscape, to decorate their houses.
**~~Figure 1. Map of the Nile Valley showing locations of places mentioned **~~Figure 1. Map of the Nile Valley showing locations of places mentioned
in text.~~** in text.~~**
2\. Ancient evidence # Ancient evidence
Paints and pigments were found from all areas of the town of Amara West, Paints and pigments were found from all areas of the town of Amara West,
in the form of lumps of raw pigment (red, yellow, blue), broken pottery in the form of lumps of raw pigment (red, yellow, blue), broken pottery
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ West.[^14]
**~~Figure 2. Fragment of painted wall plaster from house E13.7 at Amara West (F5049c).~~** **~~Figure 2. Fragment of painted wall plaster from house E13.7 at Amara West (F5049c).~~**
3\. Ethnoarchaeology # Ethnoarchaeology
Archaeological sites provide a huge amount of data about the tangible Archaeological sites provide a huge amount of data about the tangible
remains but it can be difficult to interpret these in terms of the human remains but it can be difficult to interpret these in terms of the human
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**~~Figure 3. House of one of the respondents. Interior (left) painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.~~** **~~Figure 3. House of one of the respondents. Interior (left) painted in red and yellow bombastic; exterior (right) mud plastered in a circular pattern and painted with yellow gir.~~**
4\. Re-construction of ancient painting materials # Re-construction of ancient painting materials
Various raw materials need to be collected and processed to make paint, Various raw materials need to be collected and processed to make paint,
and ancillary materials are also needed, for example, paintbrushes, and ancillary materials are also needed, for example, paintbrushes,
@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ and children, and cleaning. The task of painting was part of a much
wider interconnected taskscape, the "spatiotemporal layout of activity wider interconnected taskscape, the "spatiotemporal layout of activity
at a site"[^23]. at a site"[^23].
5\. Narratives # Narratives
The archaeological evidence, information gathered from interviews, and The archaeological evidence, information gathered from interviews, and
experience of collecting materials and making paint have been combined experience of collecting materials and making paint have been combined
@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ is pleased with the effect the paint has had. Soon it will be somebody
else's turn and we will have the chance to help them and share their else's turn and we will have the chance to help them and share their
food.* food.*
6\. Conclusion # Conclusion
Combining archaeological evidence, interviews of the current inhabitants Combining archaeological evidence, interviews of the current inhabitants
of the area, and a re-creation of painting materials, allowed the of the area, and a re-creation of painting materials, allowed the
@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ way a house is laid out and decorated could be referred to as a
homescape, the way the space is manipulated by the addition of colour homescape, the way the space is manipulated by the addition of colour
(and other elements) to curate the house into a home within a community. (and other elements) to curate the house into a home within a community.
**Acknowledgements** # Acknowledgements
Research was conducted during a Collaborative Doctoral Award at UCL and Research was conducted during a Collaborative Doctoral Award at UCL and
the British Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council the British Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ the British Museum, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
British Museum Amara West Project, funded by the Qatar-Sudan British Museum Amara West Project, funded by the Qatar-Sudan
Archaeological Project, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy. Archaeological Project, Leverhulme Trust, and British Academy.
**References** # References
Binder, Michaela. "The New Kingdom Tombs at Amara West: Binder, Michaela. "The New Kingdom Tombs at Amara West:
Funerary Perspectives on Nubian -- Egyptian Interactions." In *Nubia in Funerary Perspectives on Nubian -- Egyptian Interactions." In *Nubia in